Curriculum Vitae: J-Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

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1 Curriculum Vitae: J-Prof. Dr. Jann Lay PERSONAL DATA Born 31 October 1974, German, Male, Married CURRENT POSITION Since 04/09 Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany and German Institute of GIGA, Hamburg, Germany Assistant Professor of Development Studies, with particular focus on Latin America ( Juniorprofessor ) in Goettingen Head of Research Programme Socio-Economic Challenges in the Context of Globalisation at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies) MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH Development Economics, in particular Empirical Development Microeconomics Focal Areas: Informal Sector and Microenterprises, Poverty and Distributional Impact of Economic Reforms, Poverty and Distributional Analysis, Large-scale Land Acquisitions and Land Use Change Regional Foci: Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa SELECTED CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS Land grabs and sustainable development (German Ministry of Education and Research, ) Long-term land use, poverty dynamics and emission trade-offs (Part of the Collaborative Research Centre Ecological and socioeconomic functions of tropical lowland rainforest transformation systems Sumatra, Indonesia, German Research Foundation DFG, ) EDUCATION RECORD 10/03-04/07 Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany Doctoral Studies; Dr. rer. pol. (summa cum laude); Dissertation on Evaluating the Poverty and Distributional Impact of Economic Policies and External Shocks Combining Macro and Micro Approaches: Three Case Studies from Latin America Nominated for the Nachwuchspreis der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft /99-06/02 Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany Graduate Studies in Economics; Master s Degree (Diplom-Volkswirt)

2 07/98-08/98 University of California, Los Angeles, United States Summer School 09/97-06/98 University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain Erasmus Exchange Student 10/95-08/97 Otto-Friedrich-University, Bamberg, Germany WORK EXPERIENCE / PREVIOUS POSITIONS Since 2002 Undergraduate Studies in European Economics Various Consultancies for The World Bank, the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the OECD Development Centre (details of selected projects are given below) 01/07-03/09 Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany Head of Research Area Poverty Reduction, Equity, and Development 04/08-05/08 Institute for Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands Visiting Researcher 12/02-12/06 Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany Research Fellow 07/00-06/02 Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany Research Assistant, Poverty Impact of Macroeconomic Adjustment Programmes in Bolivia ; Research assistant with Prof. Dr. Horst Siebert 05/2001 Instituto de Investigaciones Socio-Económicas, La Paz, Bolivia Research Assistant 07/00-10/00 Instituto de Investigaciones Socio-Económicas y Tecnológicas, Riobamba and Quito, Ecuador Internship, ASA-scholarship SELECTED CONCLUDED PROJECTS AND CONSULTANCIES 11/09-11/11 Unlocking potential: Tackling economic, institutional and social constraints of informal entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa (IZA/The World Bank) 08/06-08/08 Driving Forces of Rural Poverty and Distributional Change in Sub- Saharan Africa; Researcher (DFG) 01/07-06/08 Trade and Gender in Sub-Saharan Africa: The cases of Uganda and Ghana; Sub-Project coordinator: responsible for the microeconomic country case studies (The World Bank) 11/07-12/07 Tools of Impact Evaluation A Short Introduction for Practitioners; Project coordinator (GTZ)

3 05/05-05/06 Anthropogenic Risk Factors and Management of Biodiversity for Rural Livelihood around East African Rain Forests; Sub-Project coordinator: design, implementation and analysis of a household survey in Kakamega District, Kenya (German Institute for ) 06/05-12/05 Impact of Commodity Price Changes on Rural Households: The Case of Uganda; Sub-Project coordinator: responsible for country case study (The World Bank) 05/04-03/05 Operationalizing Pro-poor growth: Bolivia; Co-author of a country case study (AFD, DFID, GTZ, KfW, The World Bank) 08/04-01/05 The Poverty Impact of the Doha Round in Brazil; Co-author of country case study (The World Bank) 05/03-11/03 Pro-poor Growth: Case Study on Uganda; Co-author of country case study (GTZ) 07/02-11/02 The Poverty Impact of Trade Liberalization in Colombia; Co-author of country case study (OECD) TEACHING AND COURSES 2012 Lecture Development Economics II (Micro Issues), Goettingen University Lecture Development Economics I (Macro Issues), Goettingen University Lecture and Seminar Methods of Economic Policy Evaluation, Goettingen University Seminar Globalization and Development, Goettingen University Seminar International Economic Relations and Development Economics, Kiel University 2006 Workshop on The Use of Household Survey Data and Microsimulation Techniques for Policy Analysis, Addis Ababa, GTAP conference SELECTED CONFERENCES (OWN CONTRIBUTIONS) 07/2011 International Workshop Modelling and Evaluation of CAADP-Policies: Theory, Methods and Application, Kiel 05/2011 6th IZA-World Bank Conference on Employment and Development, Mexico City 03/2010 Special IARIW-SAIM Conference on Measuring the Informal Economy in Developing Countries, Kathmandu Committee for Development Economics (Verein für Socialpolitik) PEGNet Conferences GTAP Conferences 2005 WIDER Jubilee Conference, Helsinki 2003 Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, Paris

4 METHODOLOGICAL AND LANGUAGE SKILLS Household survey data analysis and microeconometric methods SAM-based CGE modeling German: Native English: Proficient writing and verbal skills Spanish: Good writing and very good verbal skills French: Basic SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Anseeuw, W.; Boche, M.; Breu, T.; Giger, M.; Lay, J.; Messerli, P. and K. Nolte (2012). Transnational land deals for agriculture in the Global South. Analytical Report Based on the Land Matrix Database. CDE/CIRAD/GIGA, Bern/Montpellier/Hamburg. Grimm, M., Knorringa, P., Lay, J.. (2012). Constrained Gazelles: High Potentials in West Africa s Informal Economy. World Development, 40, pp Grimm, M., Lay, J., Lange, S. (2012). Credit-constrained in risky activities? The determinants of capital stocks of micro and small firms in Western Africa. GIGA Working Paper No 185. Lay, J. (2012). MDG achievements and policies in education and health: What has been learnt? Development Policy Review, 30 (1), pp Lay, J.; Ondraczek, J.; Stöver, J. (2012). Renewables in the energy transition - Evidence on solar home systems and lighting fuel choice in Kenya. HWWI Research Paper 121, Hamburg, Germany. Basedau, M., Erdmann, G., Lay, J., Stroh, A. (2011). Ethnicity and Party Preference in Sub- Saharan Africa, Democratization,18 (2), pp Grimm, M., Krueger, J., Lay, J. (2011). Barriers to Entry and Returns to Capital in Informal Activities: Evidence from sub-saharan Africa. Review of Income and Wealth, Special Issue: The Informal Economy in Developing Countries: Analysis and Measurement, 57, Issue Supplement s1, pages S27 S53. Lay, J. (2010). Sequential Macro-Micro Modelling With Behavioural Microsimulations. International Journal of Microsimulation, 3 (1). Basedau, M., Lay, J. (2009). Resource curse or rentier peace? The ambiguous effects of oil wealth and oil dependence on violent conflict. Journal of Peace Research, 46 (6), pp Ackah, C., Lay, J. (2009). Gender Impact of Agricultural Liberalization: Evidence from Ghana. In: R. E. de Hoyos and M. Bussolo (eds), Gender Aspects of the Trade and Poverty Nexus: A Macro-Micro Approach. World Bank Publications, Washington D.C., pp Golan, J., Lay, J. (2009) More coffee, more cigarettes? Coffee Market Liberalization, Gender, and Bargaining in Uganda. In: R. E. de Hoyos and M. Bussolo (eds), Gender Aspects of the Trade and Poverty Nexus: A Macro-Micro Approach. World Bank Publications, Washington D.C., pp

5 Lay, J., Narloch, U., Omar Mahmoud, T. (2009). Shocks, Income Diversification and Inequality in a Growing Economy: The Case of Burkina Faso. AERC-Cornell conference issue, African Development Review, 21 (1), Bussolo, M., Lay, J., van der Mensbrugghe, D. (2008). A micro-macro assessment of the poverty impacts of the Doha and FTAA agenda for Latin America. In: F. Bourguignon, L. Pereira da Silva and M. Bussolo (eds), The Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution Macro-Micro Evaluation Techniques and Tools. Palgrave Macmillan. Lay, J., Michuki M'Mukaria, G., Omar Mahmoud, T. (2008). Few Opportunities, Much Desperation: The Dichotomy of Non-agricultural Activities and Inequality in Western Kenya. World Development, 36 (12), Lay, J., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2008). Resource Booms, Inequality, and Poverty: The Case of Gas in Bolivia. Review of Income and Wealth, 54 (3), Lay, J., Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2008). Shocks, Policy Reforms, and Pro-Poor Growth in Bolivia: A Simulation Analysis. Review of Development Economics, 12 (1), Bussolo, M., Godart, O., Lay, J., Thiele, R. (2007). The Impact of Coffee Price Changes on Rural Households in Uganda. Agricultural Economics, 37 (2/3), Lay, J. (2007). Poverty and Distributional Impact of Economic Policies and External Shocks. Three Case Studies from Latin America Combining Macro and Micro Approaches. Goettingen Studies in Development Economics (ed H. Sautter and S. Klasen), Vol. 18. Peter Lang, Frankfurt. Klasen, S., Grosse, M., Lay, J., Spatz, J. Thiele, R., Wiebelt, M. (2007). Analyzing Pro-Poor Growth in Bolivia: Addressing Data Gaps and Modeling Policy Choices. In: M. Grimm, A. McKay and S. Klasen (eds), Determinants of Pro-Poor Growth: Analytical Issues and Findings from 14 Country Case Studies. Palgrave-McMillan. Bussolo, M., Lay, J., van der Mensbrugghe, D. (2006). Structural Change and Poverty Reduction in Brazil: The Impact of the Doha Round. In: T.W. Hertel and L.A. Winters (eds), Poverty and the WTO: Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Kappel, R., Lay, J., Steiner, S. (2005). Uganda: No More Pro-Poor Growth? Development Policy Review, 23 (1) Bussolo, M., Lay, J. (2005). Globalisation and Poverty Changes in Colombia (with M. Bussolo). In: M. Bussolo and J. Round (eds): Globalisation and Poverty - Channels and Policy Responses. Routledge.

6 REFERENCES Maurizio Bussolo, PhD Senior Economist The World Bank, Prospects Department 1818 H Street, NW; Washington, DC 20433; USA Phone: Prof. Michael Grimm Professor of Applied Development Economics Economics of Development (Staff Group 1) Institute of Social Studies P.O. Box 29776, 2502 LT The Hague, The Netherlands Phone: Prof. Stephan Klasen Professor at Georg-August University Goettingen Platz der Goettinger Sieben Goettingen, Germany Phone: +49 (0) Prof. Dennis J. Snower Professor at Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy Duesternbrooker Weg 120, Kiel, Germany Phone: